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	''Mike ~~on the~~ left, Matt ~~on the~~ right.''		''"The Creators", Mike (left) and Matt (right)''

	'''~~The Brothers Chaps''' (real-life siblings~~ [[Mike Chapman~~\|Mike~~]] and [[Matt Chapman]]) are the principal creators of the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)\|Homestar Runner]] body of work, as well as [[The Brothers Chaps' Side Projects\|other projects]]. The brothers are [[Indiana\|Hoosiers]] who create the cartoons using [[Flash]] out of [[Office of The Brothers Chaps\|their office]] in [[Decatur, Georgia\|Decatur]], [[Georgia]], just east of [[Atlanta]]. They are sometimes referred to by the abbreviation '''TBC'''.		'''[[Mike Chapman]]''' and '''[[Matt Chapman]]''', known collectively as '''The Brothers Chaps''' (abbreviated as '''TBC''') are the principal creators of the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)\|Homestar Runner]] body of work.

	~~== History ==~~		In addition to Homestar Runner, the brothers have contributed to [[The Brothers Chaps' Other Projects\|other projects]] — typically as artists, musicians, or actors.

	https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/c/c6/youngtbc.jpg/~~180px~~-youngtbc.jpg		== Early life ==

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	''As kids''		''As kids''

	~~In 1996, during~~ the [[~~Olympics~~]] in ~~Atlanta~~, ~~Mike Chapman and his friend~~ [[~~Craig Zobel~~]] ~~created a children's book called "~~[[~~Original Book~~\|~~The Homestar Runner Enters the Strongest Man in the World Contest~~]]~~". They did this out~~ of ~~boredom~~ and ~~to satirize~~ the ~~poorly made children's books they saw at their local mall~~. ~~After writing and drawing it, they copied about 15 books and gave them to some of their friends to read for fun~~.		Mike and Matt are the youngest of [[Don and Harriet Chapman]]'s five children. Born in [[Indiana]], they were raised in [[Georgia]] (moving to Atlanta around [[Homestarloween Party\|1980]]) and still live [[Office of The Brothers Chaps\|and work]] in the Atlanta area.

			== Homestar Runner ==

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	In ~~1999, Mike started learning Macromedia [[Flash]]~~ and decided to practice on some of the characters from the original book. His younger brother, Matt Chapman, performed the voices for the cartoons, and together, they launched a website to show their close friends their cartoons.		''In spiffy black-and-white''

	~~Word-of-mouth spread, and their website and characters became a smash hit. Since the website started, they have had~~ [[~~Interviews and Public Appearances~~\|~~several public appearances]] all over the country, including three appearances on [[G4techTV]] — twice [[Pulse Interview - 1 Aug 2003\|on the show "Pulse"]], and once over webcam (with Puppet [[~~Homestar Runner]]) ~~[[The Screen Savers Interview - 24 Jan 2005\|on "The Screen Savers"~~]].		''See main article: [[Homestar Runner (body of work)\|Homestar Runner (body of work)#History]]''

	~~== Appearances~~ in ~~toons ==~~		In 1996, Mike Chapman co-wrote ''[[Original Book\|The Homestar Runner Enters the Strongest Man in the World Contest]]'' with friend [[Craig Zobel]] as a pastiche of children's books. Mike, Matt, and Craig made [[Super NES\|a short animation]] featuring the characters from the book as a Christmas present for older brother [[Donnie Chapman]].

	~~https://web~~.~~archive~~.~~org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www~~.~~hrwiki~~.~~org/w/images/thumb/3/3e/MikeMattandDon.png/180px-MikeMattandDon.png~~		In 1999, both of the brothers had moved back to Georgia after finishing their collegiate studies and they soon moved into an apartment together. After discovering the creative possibilities of [[Flash]], and desiring to work on a creative project together as they had during their childhood, the brothers decided to use the Homestar Runner [[Characters\|characters]] to teach themselves Flash animation. Sharing writing and art duties, and with Matt providing most of the character voices, The Brothers Chaps launched [[homestarrunner.com]] in January of 2000 to host and share their cartoons.

	''The Brothers Chaps ~~with their brother, Donnie~~ .''		Popularity of the site grew largely through word-of-mouth, with [[Store\|merchandise sales]] allowing TBC to devote themselves full-time to Homestar Runner by 2002 and adopt a weekly schedule for new toons and site updates. This schedule continued through late 2009, when the site took a three-year [[Hiatuses\|hiatus]] as [[The Brothers Chaps' Other Projects\|The Brothers Chaps focused on other projects]]; as of 2015 the site has shifted to an "updated every someday" schedule.

	* Two members of the live-action cast of [[Limozeen]] are depicted by the brothers.		=== Appearances in toons ===
	* Both brothers appear (and speak) as themselves in ~~the short [[Sbemailiarized!]], in a brief live-action clip.~~
	* [[Mike Chapman]] appears in the fake advertisements from [[sbemail 206]].
	* The brothers appear in the [[sloshy]] music video from [[Record Store Day]].

	~~== Family ==~~		Although the site is primarily animated, occasionally TBC can be seen on the site portraying [[Normal-Human Characters\|photographed human characters]]. They typically are seen in brief Easter egg jokes, such as axe-wielding [[Dolph Hauldhagen]] or movie-star lawyer [[Litigation Jackson]]. The brothers are most prominently seen as members of [[Homestar Runner universe\|in-universe]] bands, including [[Limozeen]], [[Taranchula]], and [[sloshy]]. Both brothers appear as fictionalized versions of themselves in a brief live-action clip in [[Sbemailiarized!]]

	~~https://web~~.~~archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/1/1e/TheBrothersChapsBandW.jpg/180px-TheBrothersChapsBandW.jpg~~		A more detailed listing of characters portrayed can be seen on [[Mike Chapman\|Mike]] and [[Matt Chapman\|Matt]]'s respective pages.

	~~''Looking spiffy in black and white''~~		== Family ==

	~~The Brothers Chaps' parents are [[Don and Harriet Chapman]]~~. ~~Don, who passed away on April 15th, 2006, was a retired chief financial officer of an insurance firm~~. ~~Mike and Matt also have three other siblings~~: ~~[[Donnie Chapman\|Donnie]], [[Karen Wagner\|Karen]], and [[Julie Hand\|Julie]]~~.		https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/3/3e/MikeMattandDon.png/180px-MikeMattandDon.png

	~~They have a [[Little Girl\|young niece]]~~, ~~who is featured in several [[Puppet Stuff]] toons~~.		''The Brothers Chaps with their brother, Donnie .''

	Mike ~~is married to~~ [[~~Missy Palmer~~\|~~Melissa Palmer~~]], and ~~their first child is~~ [[~~Very, Very~~ Little Girl]]~~. Matt~~ is ~~married to~~ [[~~Jackie Chapman~~]]~~, with whom he has two children~~. ~~The birth of Matt~~ and ~~Jackie's first child, Ida, made it to the~~ [[~~Main Page Messages~~]].		The Brothers Chaps' parents are [[Don and Harriet Chapman]]; Don, who passed away in 2006, was a retired accountant and helped the brothers set up and run [[Harmless Junk, Inc.\|their business]]. Mike and Matt also have three older siblings: [[Donnie Chapman\|Donnie]], [[Karen Wagner\|Karen]], and [[Julie Hand\|Julie]]; they are uncles to [[Little Girl\|a child]] who is featured in several [[Puppet Stuff]] toons. Their [[Uncle Jim and Aunt Rosie]] appeared briefly in [[Making of Email 100]].

	~~Their~~ [[~~Uncle Jim~~ and ~~Aunt Rosie~~]] ~~appeared briefly~~ in [[~~Making~~ of ~~Email 100~~]].		Mike is married to [[Missy Palmer\|Melissa Palmer]], and their first child appeared on the site as "[[Very, Very Little Girl]]". Matt is married to [[Jackie Chapman]], with whom he has two children. The birth of Matt and Jackie's first child, Ida, was announced in [[Main Page Messages\|a special Main Page message]]; the birth of their second child was [[FeedBurner Page\|announced on the FeedBurner page]].

	== See Also ==		== See Also ==

			* [[Mike Chapman]]
			* [[Matt Chapman]]
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	* [[The Brothers Chaps' Fansite Acknowledgments]]		* [[The Brothers Chaps' Fansite Acknowledgments]]
	* [[Interviews and Public Appearances]]		* [[Interviews and Public Appearances]]
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	* [http://www.brotherschaps.com/ BrothersChaps.com]		* [http://www.brotherschaps.com/ BrothersChaps.com]
	* [http://www.brotherschaps.com/ Archive of BrothersChaps.com]		** [http://www.brotherschaps.com/ Archive of BrothersChaps.com]
	* [[The Brothers Chaps]] at Wikipedia		* "[[The Brothers Chaps]]" Wikipedia article
	* [https://www.imdb.com/~~title~~/~~nm1053635 Mike~~ Chapman's IMDb ~~page]~~		* [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1480095/ Matt Chapman] on IMDb
	* [https://www.imdb.com/~~title~~/~~nm1480095 Matt~~ Chapman~~'s IMDb page~~]		* [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1053635/ Mike Chapman] on IMDb
	* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/search/tags:homestar%2Csxsw/tagmode:all/ Pictures on ~~Flickr of their appearance at SXSW interactive 2005 in Austin, Texas]~~
	* [http://www.emotioneric.com/ae/?adv=thefootballgame The Football Game] — [[Eric Conveys An Emotion: The Football Game\|A collection of edited photographs from a football game]] where The Brothers Chaps use their "superhuman abilities" against [[Eric Conveys an Emotion\|Emotion Eric]] and his pal Jesse. Some of the pictures have "hidden" Homestar Runner characters.
	* [http://www.emotioneric.com/ae/?adv=theinterview The Interview] — [[Eric Conveys An Emotion: The Interview\|Another collection of photographs]] featuring The Brothers Chaps and Eric. In the story, Eric has a job interview at [[Videlectrix]].
	* [http://www.mellowmushroom.com/ The Mellow Mushroom] ([[Mellow Mushroom\|article]]) website designed by The Brothers Chaps for a Georgia-based pizza restaurant.
	[[Category:Chapman family members]]		[[Category:Chapman family members]]

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